Pink Elephant.

The Pink Elephant is another wonderful place to go for a challenge. This week it is a colour challenge: Red, Light Blue & Darker Blue. Pop on over and have a look......
And here is my creation - I've chosen Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point - all our In-Colours and a little more boyish for a change!

I've used Party Hearty stamp set for my card. And once again I've gone with some of the lovely Patterns Designer Series Papers in Pacific Point and Riding Hood Red. Ever since my paper share, I can't stop using them. I've added a few brads and some striped Pacific Point ribbon and also used the scallop edge punch.

A simple but fun card!

Products used:

Stamp set: Party Hearty

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Designer Series Papers

Ink: Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point

Accessories: Scallop punch, Brads, Ribbon, Window punch, Cutter kit.

Sketch challenge

Over at Prairie Paper & Ink there are weekly sketches to do. Amy always comes up with fabulous challenges and I love it when there are circle images. Here is this weeks sketch challenge:
And there is my take on the sketch.
I've used Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie and Baja Breeze as my colour combo. And I've used three different DP in these colours for each layer.
The stamped image is from A Kind Word - the two girl images in these set are just adorable - perfect for colouring. I've used my SU markers to do this and also added some paper piecing to the dress. The sentiment is from the same set and I've finished the card with some tafetta ribbon in Riding Hood Red.
Such a fun sketch and I'm sure I'll be using it again soon.

Product used:
Stamp set: A kind word
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Designer paper
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Circle punch, Corner rounder, SU markers, tafetta ribbon, CM circle cutters.

Pic of the Week!

I'm introducing a new concept to my blog! I LOVE scrapbooking and don't get the chance to complete as many layouts as I would love to do. So I thought if I make a commitment to doing at least one layout each week, I would be getting somewhere. At the beginning of each week, I'm going to show you a favourite 'pic' that I've taken - this will also share a little about me and my family life - and then later on in the week, I will show you the 'pic' in a scrapbook layout. I hope to alternate between 8x8" and 12x12" pages, use sketch challenges, colour challenges and also other techniques. So here is my first 'pic'.

"Pic of the Week"

Yesterday, I had a lovely visit from a very dear friend who I've known and kept in touch with for over 15 years. I met her when I made a trip over to Canada in August of 1994. Since then we've kept in touch via emails and letters. Her name is Lisa and she came to visit yesterday with her family. They are having a holiday in Australia and visiting all their many relatives who live here. So it was very special that she made the time to come and visit me.

I hope you will come back later in the week to see what I've created for this special photo.

Mojo Monday #94

I always love seeing what the sketch is for Mojo Monday but don't often have the chance to stamp up a card for it. So when this weeks sketch poped up in my Inbox, I decided to give it a go. Here is the fabulous sketch we had to work with - quite a few different layers!
And here's my creation!

I've used a stamp set that hasn't seen some ink in a while, Priceless. I've used the Sweet Always DP and teamed up the colours - Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Choc Chip and Pumpkin Pie. You can't really go wrong with this kind of colour combination.

So I've layered the various pieces of cardstock according to the sketch. For the main image, I've stamped up two butterflies in Rose and Pumpkin, cut them out and then poped up with dimensionals. I've sparkled them up with some glitter. The circle embellishment is also similar and I've added one of the Designer brads to the centre.

I'm quite pleased with the end result - a very pink girly card - another to add to my collection.

Product used:

Stamp set: Priceless

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Choc Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White,

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie, Choc Chip

Accessories: Circle punches, Dimensionals, Designer series brads

Just 'Jewel'

I love this cute stamp of 'Jewel' by Bizzy Bec. I had coloured her in the other week and decided to put her on a card. So using no particular sketch or colour inspiration, I whipped up this one!
I've started off with a base card in Pink Pirouette, then added a layer of the Designer Series Paper in the Pirouette, which I've paper pierced around the edges. I just did a paper share with all these lovely papers and it is just so nice to have all of the colours on hand!
I've stamped 'Jewel' onto some white cardstock in the Stazon Black and have used my SU marker pens to colour. She has some glittery bits on her belt, buttons and hair. Too cute!!
Then I've layered the stamped image onto Ballet Blue and Regal Rose. I've used the Eyelet border punch to add a strip to the side of the image.
The sentiment is from Best Yet (hostess set) and I've used the circle punch and label punch to layer it. I've also used on the the brads from the Silver Hodgepodge hardware.
To finish off the card, I've used some wide striped ribbon in Pink Pirouette.

Product used:
Stamp sets: Best Yet, Tilda - Bizzy Becs
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Ballet Blue, Regal Rose, White (non-SU)
Ink: Ballet Blue, Regal Rose
Accessories: SU marker pens, glitter, Circle punch, Label punch, ribbon, Eyelet border punch, Mat pack, dimensionals.

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #17 as guest Designer

The challenge over at Magnolia Down Under is up to #17 and as the title reads, I'm a guest design team member for July and August. I'm just delighted to be a part of this and I know I will very much enjoy contributing to the challenges every two weeks. Thanks for the opportunity Kellie!
So challenge #17 is a sketch challenge, the first one so far and a great one at that!
I made two cards with this sketch - the second one is up on the Magnolia Down Under blog.
Check out the link and see all the other fabulous cards from the other design team members. They have all done a wonderful job with the sketch.

Inkspiration Colour Challenge

Here's another Inkspiration Challenge... this week it's a colour challenge. Keesh always picks great colours to work with and this week was no exception. So here are the colours:
And here's my creation. I've done something a little different this week. I have my Oma's birthday at the end of this week so I wanted to make a little gift for her, coz I know she loves home-made creations. So using the above colours, I've made up three cards with a plastic sleeve bag to hold them in.

The cards all have the same layout, just some different colours in ribbon and the sentiment. I had a few new goodies in the post this week, namely the eyelet border punch - makes the card so pretty without much effort at all; and the Organic Outline stamp set. I never really thought much of this set at all, but after seeing heaps of creations by lots of clever stamps out there, it won me over and I just had to have it! I think it's going to be one of my favs.

Here's a closer look at one of the cards. If you're wondering about the ribbon.... I've used my marker pen to colour in a piece of white tafetta, so it's now Ruby Red. I did the same for the Basic Gray ribbon, just used a sponge dauber and ink pad.

And here is the trio of cards all packaged up. The plastic sleeve I've used is actually a file insert - I've just cut off with while strip with the perforated holes and I've also cut off some length to suit my project. Then I've lined it with a piece of DP in Baja Breeze, used the window punch thru all the layers and tied off with some Baja Breeze ribbon.

Products used:

Stamp set: Organic Outine

Cardstock: Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Designer Series paper Baja Breeze.

Ink: Basic Grey, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Eyelet border punch, Oval punch, Label punch, Window punch, Ribbon, brads, dimensionals, plastic sleeve.